The Search by Melanie McAllester

Pumped-up policewoman Tenny Mendoza faces the most dangerous and heart-wrenching case of her career as she races to find her ex-lover's abducted child before a hired killer does.

Top cop Tenny Mendoza responds to a frantic call from her ex-lover, Carter, whose seven-year-old daughter has been abducted. Still tortured by flashbacks of another abduction case - and the children she coudn't save - Tenny knows that the longer Kelsey is missing, the less chance they'll ever have of finding her. But the police officers assigned to the case are dragging their feet, convinced that Carter's ex-husband has taken the child to punish Carter for being a lesbian. Tenny's instincts and experience tell her differently, so she and fellow officers Ashley Johnson and Steve Carson begin their own investigation. Threatening to charge her with obstruction of justice, Tenny's superiors make it clear that she can either play by their rules, or turn in her badge. For Officer Tenny Mendoza, there is only one choice...